ABSTRACT   In 1998 the ISO/ANSI standard for C++ and its standard library will eventually be finalized. The STL, a widely know template library, was incorporated into the standard. In the process of standardization it was enhanced and modified. Now that several early versions of the Standard C++ Library are available, programmers will consider migration from the STL to the Standard C++ Library. This lecture will introduce you to the major differences between the STL and the Standard Library.  Additionally, the Standard C++ Library includes a stream I/O component that is modeled after the old IOStreams that is available since the first C++ compilers appeared on the market. We will discuss the differences between the old IOStreams and the new stream I/O component in the Standard C++ Library.

Level:	intermediate
Duration:	1 - 2 hours
Prerequisites:	Attendants should be familiar with the concept and pre-standard language constructs for template programming in C++. Any knowledge of recently added template features is not required.
Presented at:	Object World , Frankfurt, October 1997 C++ World , San Jose CA, November 1997